The Defenseless - Brandon Fisher FBI Series #3

Summary

"Another enthralling investigative thriller… Arnold's stories in this series reveal realistic investigative procedures and the characters are well developed. Her stories are well written and readers easily become drawn into the story line. Highly recommend."
–My Book Reviews
When the victims have no voice, someone needs to defend them.
The first victim was poisoned. Three others are missing. One turns up dead.
It's almost Christmastime, but FBI agent and profiler Brandon Fisher and his team are packing their bags for Colorado to stop a serial killer. But they soon find out this might not be an easy case to solve as the killer's method of operation keeps changing.
A look into the victims' pasts reveals one commonality, though: they all beat charges of animal abuse. The killer, known as the Advocate, is inflicting the same treatment on them that they had allegedly committed against their animals. And while the job is all about finding justice, this investigation has the FBI team questioning who is on the right side—them or the murderer. But they're going to have to get themselves together quickly if they're going to catch a killer and return home for the holidays.

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